Agrarianism as Modernity in 20th-Century Europe

The Golden Age of the Peasantry

von Alex Toshkov

240 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Whilst Soviet communism and its relationship with modernity has been widely studied to date, the agrarian experiment in Eastern Europe has been relegated to the margins of historical analysis. In this comparative study, Alex Toshkov uncovers the history of agrarianism after the First World War and explores its place as an alternative modernity to liberal democracy and capitalism.Drawing on a wealth of archival material, this book explores the transnational connections between the paradigmatic cases of Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, as well as the International Agrarian Bureau in Prague, teasing out contradictions, hidden records and silenced interpretations of agrarianism. In addition, it uses a microhistorical approach to present an innovative theoretical framework which adds to our understanding of nationalism, political corruption, and alterity and the subaltern.This fascinating study restores interwar agrarianism to its rightful place as one of the most original and significant political currents in 20th-century Europe.

• Reihe: Bloomsbury 3PL
• ISBN: 9781350216679
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.03.2021
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC